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ReviewACS synthetic biology2023

Synthetic Biology Design as a Paradigm Shift toward Manufacturing Affordable Adeno-Associated Virus Gene Therapies.

Logan Thrasher Collins, Selvarangan Ponnazhagan, David T Curiel

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Review in ACS synthetic biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Distinct YY dinucleotide periodicity in adeno-associated virus DNA.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  4. Epigenetic regulation of transgenes.Journal of biotechnology · 2026
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  8. The amazing AAV capsids: Into the structure-verse.Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2025
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  15. siRNA-mediated reduction of a circulating protein in swine using lipid nanoparticles.Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2024
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  16. Emerging Perspectives on Prime Editor Delivery to the Brain.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Logan Thrasher CollinsDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 4950 Childrens Place, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States.
Selvarangan PonnazhaganDepartment of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1825 University Blvd., Birmingham, Alabama 35233, United States.
David T CurielDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 4950 Childrens Place, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3802-6014
Washington University in St. Louis · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

PRINCIPLES IN PULMONARY RESEARCHT32HL007317 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Steven Brody, Michael J Holtzman · 1985 to 2026
$16.1M
Endothelial-targeted adenovirus for organ-selective gene editing in vivoUG3TR002851 · NCATS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CURIEL, DAVID TERRY · 2019 to 2021
$2.2M
Novel Vector Platform for Gene TherapyR01EB026468 · NIBIB · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CURIEL, DAVID TERRY · 2019 to 2022
$1.9M
Novel targeted adenovirusR01CA211096 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CURIEL, DAVID TERRY · 2017 to 2021
$1.7M
NCATS NIH HHS UG3 TR002851NCI NIH HHS R01 CA211096NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007317NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB026468
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene therapy has demonstrated enormous potential for changing how we combat disease. By directly engineering the genetic composition of cells, it provides a broad range of options for improving human health. Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) represent a leading gene therapy vector and are expected to address a wide range of conditions in the coming decade. Three AAV therapies have already been approved by the FDA to treat Leber's congenital amaurosis, spinal muscular atrophy, and hemophilia B. Yet these therapies cost around $850,000, $2,100,000, and $3,500,000, respectively. Such prices limit the broad applicability of AAV gene therapy and make it inaccessible to most patients. Much of this problem arises from the high manufacturing costs of AAVs. At the same time, the field of synthetic biology has grown rapidly and has displayed a special aptitude for addressing biomanufacturing problems. Here, we discuss emerging efforts to apply synthetic biology design to decrease the price of AAV production, and we propose that such efforts could play a major role in making gene therapy much more widely accessible.

Indexed as

DependovirusSynthetic BiologyGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsHumansadeno-associated virusbiomanufacturinggene therapynanotechnologyviral vectors

Identifiers

PMID36627108
PMCPMC9872172
OpenAlexW4315471407

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